Ornament and Crime - Heinz Emigholz, 2009

A documentary short movie by Heinz Emigholz on Adolf Loos’ essay, ’Ornament and Crime (1908)’ read by Carola Regnier. Adolf Loos helped define Modernist Architecture with his 1908 essay proclaiming ornament to be a crime. His 1908 manifesto, “Ornament and Crime“ – a turning point in architectural theory, much discussed and debated to this present day, is read by Carola Regnier, while in the background, we follow photographs of marble tombstones from the 18th century at St. John’s Cathedrale in Valletta, Malta, photographed by Heinz Emigholz in October 2004.